1 STF A o posluћivanju svetih suviљno je da vam piљem. BSB BSB: Now about the service to the saints, there is no need for me to write to you.
2 STF Ta poznajem vaљu spremnost s koje se vama ponosim pred Makedoncima: "Ahaja je spremna od proљle godine." I vaљa gorljivost potaknu mnoge. BSB BSB: For I know your eagerness to help, and I have been boasting to the Macedonians that since last year you in Achaia were prepared to give. And your zeal has stirred most of them to do likewise.
3 STF Ipak љaljem bracu da se u tome pogledu ne opovrgne љto se vama ponosimo; da budete spremni kao љto sam tvrdio te se- BSB BSB: But I am sending the brothers in order that our boasting about you in this matter should not prove empty, but that you will be prepared, just as I said.
4 STF ako sa mnom dodu Makedonci i nadu vas nespremne- ne osramotimo s preuzetnosti mi, da ne kaћemo vi. BSB BSB: Otherwise, if any Macedonians come with me and find you unprepared, we—to say nothing of you—would be ashamed of having been so confident.
5 STF Smatrao sam dakle potrebnim zamoliti bracu da unaprijed podu k vama i da pripreme vaљ joљ prije obecani dar te bude pripravan- kao dar dareћljivosti, a ne љkrtosti. BSB BSB: So I thought it necessary to urge the brothers to visit you beforehand and make arrangements for the generous gift you had promised. This way, your gift will be prepared generously and not begrudgingly.
6 STF Ta eno: tko sije oskudno, oskudno ce i ћeti; a tko sije obilato, obilato ce i ћeti. BSB BSB: Remember this: Whoever sows sparingly will also reap sparingly, and whoever sows generously will also reap generously.
7 STF Svatko neka dade kako je srcem odlucio; ne sa ћaloљcu ili na silu jer Bog ljubi vesela darivatelja. BSB BSB: Each one should give what he has decided in his heart to give, not out of regret or compulsion. For God loves a cheerful giver.
8 STF A Bog vas moћe obilato obdariti svakovrsnim darom da u svemu svagda imate svega dovoljno za se i izobilno za svako dobro djelo- BSB BSB: And God is able to make all grace abound to you, so that in all things, at all times, having all that you need, you will abound in every good work.
9 STF kao љto je pisano: Rasipno dijeli, daje sirotinji, pravednost njegova ostaje dovijeka. BSB BSB: As it is written: “He has scattered abroad His gifts to the poor; His righteousness endures forever.”
10 STF A onaj koji pribavlja sjeme sijacu i kruh za jelo, pribavit ce i umnoћiti sjeme vaљe i povecati plodove pravednosti vaљe. BSB BSB: Now He who supplies seed to the sower and bread for food will supply and multiply your store of seed and will increase the harvest of your righteousness.
11 STF Tako cete se u svemu obogatiti za svakovrsnu dareћljivost koja se, naљim posredovanjem, izvija u zahvalnicu Bogu. BSB BSB: You will be enriched in every way to be generous on every occasion, and through us your generosity will produce thanksgiving to God.
12 STF Jer ovo bogosluћno posluћivanje ne samo da podmiruje oskudicu svetih nego se i obilno prelijeva u mnoge zahvalnice Bogu. BSB BSB: For this ministry of service is not only supplying the needs of the saints but is also overflowing in many expressions of thanksgiving to God.
13 STF Osvjedoceni ovim posluћivanjem, slave Boga zbog vaљega pokornog ispovijedanja evandelja Kristova i zbog velikoduљnog zajedniљtva prema njima i prema svima. BSB BSB: Because of the proof this ministry provides, the saints will glorify God for your obedient confession of the gospel of Christ, and for the generosity of your contribution to them and to all the others.
14 STF A moleci se za vas, ceznu za vama zbog preobilne milosti Boћje na vama. BSB BSB: And their prayers for you will express their affection for you, because of the surpassing grace God has given you.
15 STF Hvala Bogu na njegovu neizrecivom daru! BSB BSB: Thanks be to God for His indescribable gift!
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